John, do you have shell access? Have you tried installing libopenssl-ruby1.8 using something like apt-get or emerge if that is possible?
----- Ryan Bigg Freelancer http://frozenplague.net On 29/11/2008, at 9:32 AM, John Lane wrote: > > >> The openssl library is probably there, I'd guess you're only missing >> the ruby bindings for it. You could probably build those in your home >> directory (the source is part of the standard ruby distribution) but >> that assumes you have access to gcc and all that sort of jazz. >> > > Openssl is there. The ruby bindings are not. I presume these are what > the file /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux/openssl.so would normally be. > > Now I don't have gcc access on the remote host so I tried to locally > rebuild the same ruby as on the hosting service and upload openssl.so > onto into the ruby library path. This allows me the privilege of > seeing > a different error message: > > openssl.so: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not > found > > Which makes me think that the two systems have different toolchains, > reinforced by this: > > rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 26 2007 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 -> > libc-2.3.6.so > > Where the host used to build has this: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2007-05-17 21:11 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/ > libc.so.6 > -> libc-2.5.so > > I don't think I want to wander down the route of matching toolchains > so > unless there are any clever ideas, I think it's time to give up on > this > until the hosting provider can rebuild Ruby with the openssl > toolchain. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

